West Coast Fever is a professional Australian netball team based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2017 they have played in the Suncorp Super Netball competition. Between 2008 and 2016, they competed in the ANZ Championship. Between 1997 and 2007, as the Perth Orioles, they competed in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league.
During the ANZ Championship era, the Fever were the only Australian team not to win a title, play in a grand final or feature in a finals series. However, during the Super Netball era they emerged as challengers. They were grand finalists in both 2018 and 2020, and eventually claimed their first premiership in 2022. They also made the grand final in 2025 after winning the minor premiership for the first time in club history.
History ANZ Championship (2008-2016) Between 2008 and 2016, West Coast Fever played in the ANZ Championship. Fever's best performance in the ANZ Championship came in 2015 when they won nine games and finished third in the Australian Conference. +Regular season statisticsSeasonPositionWonDrawnLost20089th211020097th50820108th40920119th301020128th301020137th50820149th40920153rd91320164th706
Super Netball era (2017-present) Challengers Since 2017, West Coast Fever have played in Super Netball. In 2018, Fever reached their first ever grand final. The team was coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Courtney Bruce. During the regular season they finished second. Jhaniele Fowler finished the season as both Player of the Year and Leading Goalscorer while Jessica Anstiss was named young player of the year. In the grand final, Fever lost 62–59 to Sunshine Coast Lightning. Fever were again grand finalists and runners–up in 2020, losing to Melbourne Vixens by two goals.
Salary cap breach In December 2020 Fever were fined $300,000, of which $150,000 was suspended, and stripped 12 premiership points for the 2021 season, after they were found to have breached the salary cap in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The penalties amounted to the biggest in Australian netball history, with a Netball Australia investigation determining the Fever made payments of more than $127,000 above the salary cap in 2018, and more than $168,000 above the cap in 2019.
First premiership In 2022, head coach Dan Ryan and captain Courtney Bruce led West Coast Fever to their first premiership. In the grand final they defeated Melbourne Vixens 70-59. +Regular season statisticsSeasonPositionWonDrawnLost7th20122nd10046th2392nd8153rd11032nd10043rd9053rd11031st12023rd905
Grand finals Season Winners Score Runners up Venue2018Sunshine Coast Lightning62–59West Coast FeverPerth Arena2020Melbourne Vixens66–64West Coast FeverNissan Arena2022West Coast Fever70–59Melbourne VixensRAC Arena2025Melbourne Vixens59–58West Coast FeverRod Laver Arena
Home venues As of 2019, the West Coast Fever play all of their home games at RAC Arena. The venue was first used for a Fever game in 2013, and occasional matches were played at the venue over the following few years. It was the main home venue for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, sharing with HBF Stadium, which had served as the club's main home venue since 2008. RAC Arena has hosted 2 grand finals (2018 and 2022), and the venue consistently draws the highest average attendance every season.
The club's administrative and training base is located at the Gold Netball Centre in Jolimont, which also serves as the office for Netball WA.
Notable players 2026 squad
Internationals
Diamonds Sunday Aryang Caitlin Bassett Kate Beveridge April Brandley Ashleigh Brazill Kelsey Browne Madison Browne Courtney Bruce Catherine Cox Rudi Ellis Susan Fuhrmann Natalie Medhurst Chelsea Pitman Verity Simmons Alice Teague-NeeldKelpies Daniel Cools (WCF training partner) Jerome Gillbard (WCF training partner) Dravyn Lee-Tauroa (WCF training partner) Dylan McPherson (WCF training partner) Dan Ryan (WCF head coach)
Ama Agbeze Karen Atkinson Stacey Francis-Bayman Sasha Glasgow Chelsea Pitman Eboni Usoro-Brown Fran Williams
Romelda Aiken-George Shanice Beckford Kadie-Ann Dehaney Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard
Erena Mikaere Larrissa Willcox
Captains Name YearsStacey Rosman2008 (sole captain)2009 (co-captain)Johannah Curran2009 (co-captain)2010–2011 (sole captain)Catherine Cox2012–2013Natalie Medhurst2014Ashleigh Brazill2015–2016Natalie Medhurst2017Courtney Bruce2018–2023Jess Anstiss2024-2026
Club Award winners Stacey Marinkovich Medal
The Stacey Marinkovich Medal is awarded to the club's MVP. After previously being known as the Most Valuable Player, it was renamed after Stacey Marinkovich (née Rosman) in 2021 to recognise her service to the club as a former club captain and head coach. Marinkovich played over 90 games for the Perth Orioles/West Coast Fever from 2002 until her retirement in 2009, with the final four seasons of her career being captain. Upon her retirement, Marinkovich moved into a coaching role with the Fever, first as an assistant coach in 2012 and 2013 under Norma Plummer, and then taking over as head coach for 8 seasons, 105 games and two grand finals.
The medal is awarded based on 3,2,1 votes given by both the head coach and assistant coach for each home-and-away season game. +ANZ Championship eraSeasonWinner2008Larrissa Willcox2009Madison Browne2010Madison Browne (2)2011Caitlin Bassett2012Ashleigh Brazill2013Eboni Beckford-Chambers2014Eboni Beckford-Chambers (2)2015Natalie Medhurst2016Natalie Medhurst (2) +Suncorp Super Netball eraSeasonWinner (votes)Runner-up (votes)Third place (votes)2017Jess Anstiss (52)Courtney Bruce (41)Verity Charles (37)2018Courtney Bruce (35)Jhaniele Fowler (34)Jess Anstiss (32)2019Jhaniele FowlerCourtney BruceIngrid Colyer2020Jhaniele Fowler (60) (2)Courtney Bruce (39)Verity Charles (22)2021Jhaniele Fowler (55) (3)Courtney Bruce (35)Sunday Aryang (21)2022Jhaniele Fowler (58) (4)Alice Teague-Neeld (37)Courtney Bruce (36)2023Jhaniele Fowler (38) (5)Courtney Bruce (35)Jess Anstiss (25)Sunday Aryang (25)2024Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard (43) (6)Sunday Aryang (29)Alice Teague-Neeld (28)2025Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard (43) (7)Sunday Aryang (38)Alice Teague-Neeld (27)2026Fran Williams (41)Romelda Aiken-George (30)Kadie-Ann Dehaney (28)
Competition Award winners Super Netball Player of the Year SeasonPlayer2018Jhaniele Fowler2019Jhaniele Fowler2020Jhaniele Fowler2021Jhaniele Fowler2022Jhaniele Fowler2025Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard
Super Netball Rookie of the Year SeasonPlayer2018Jess Anstiss Super Netball Leading Goalscorer Award SeasonPlayer2018Jhaniele Fowler2019Jhaniele Fowler2020Jhaniele Fowler2021Jhaniele Fowler2022Jhaniele Fowler2023Jhaniele Fowler2024Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard2025Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard Super Netball Grand Final MVP SeasonPlayer2022Sasha Glasgow ANZ Championship All Star Team +SeasonPlayerPosition2015Caitlin BassettGS2015Stacey RosmanCoach Super Netball Team of the Year +SeasonPlayerPosition2018Jhaniele FowlerGS2018Jess AnstissWD2019Jhaniele FowlerGS2020Jhaniele FowlerGS2021Jhaniele FowlerGS2021Sunday AryangGD2021Courtney BruceGK2022Jhaniele FowlerGS2022Courtney BruceReserve2023Courtney BruceReserve2024Jhaniele Fowler-NembhardGS2024Sunday AryangGD2025Jhaniele Fowler-NembhardGS2025Alice Teague-NeeldWA2025Sunday AryangReserve
Head coaches Coach YearsSue Gaudion2008 Jane Searle2009–2011 Norma Plummer2012–2013 Stacey Marinkovich2014–2021 Dan Ryan2022–present Joyce Brown Coach of the Year Season Player2018Stacey Marinkovich West Coast Fever Reserves
The reserve team of West Coast Fever is known as the Fever Reserves, and previously known as the Western Sting. This team currently plays in the Super Netball Reserves competition, which began in 2024, after rebranding from the Australian Netball Championships and prior to that, the Australian Netball League. The Fever Reserves team won the 2025 premiership, beating the Melbourne Mavericks in the grand final 67-57.
Premierships
Super Netball Winners: 2022 Runners Up: 2018, 2020, 2025 Minor Premiership: 2025 Super Netball Reserves / Australian Netball Championships / Australian Netball League Winners: 2017, 2025 Minor Premiership: 2025
References
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